Gun-cleaner.



V PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

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APPLICATION FILE? AUG. 30, 1907.

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ELMO W. O. KAUFFMAN, OF KEYSER, WEST VIRGINIA.

Gun-chairman.

desirable to permit the cleaning head to rotate in the rifle grooves inorder that the inner surface of the barrel may be thoroughly cleaned. Inun cleaners where the head is mounted rigidly upon therod or handle theburned powder is simply 'wiped over the rooves or the intermediate ribsand the )arrel is thus imperfectly cleaned. When. the cleaning head ismounted to rotate freely upon the rod the brush will follow the grooves1 and thoroughly clean the same.

Another object of my invention is to provide ,zjagplurality ofdetachable heads for acleanur, one of. said heads carrying a brush andanother carrying a head provided with a slot in order that a cloth orswab may be secured thereto for thoroughly wiping and polishing theinner surface of the gun,

The objects and advantages referred to may be attained bymeans of theconstruction illustrated in, the accompanying drawin in which:

l igure 1 is a side elevation and partial section of a gun cleaner madein accordance with my invention; said figure showing the brush head inplace. .Fig. 2 is a side e evation and artial section of the gun cleanerwith the rush head removed and another form of head secured to the rodor handle Fig. 3 is a perspective view-showing the parts of the guncleaner detached.

Referring to the drawing for a more particular description of myinvention, the numeral 1 designates the rod or handle having a reducedthreaded end .2 designed to fit the interior threads 3 formed in one endof the section 4 of the cleaner, said section 4 having a central bore 5therein and at the outerv end saidsection is provided with a flaringsocket 6 designed to receive the section 7 provided with a ta ering end8 adapted to i t the socket 6, an said section is a so pro-Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 30-1907. serial N0.,390,787.

Patented Jail. 28. was

vided with a central bore 9 and extendi through the sections 4 and 7 isa swivele rod 10, said rod being fitted with a nut 11 disposed in arecess in the section 4 adjacent to the end 2 of the handle 1, as shownmore particularly in Fig. 1. The brush 12 which may be of any desiredsize is's'ecured to a twisted wire core 13 and said core is secured in asocket 14 in the swiveled rod 10 by means of solder 15 or in any othersuitable manner. .The operation of this portion of my invention will bereadily understood from the foregoin permitting the brush to follow thes iral grooves in the rifle barrel.

-As shown in El s. 2' and 3, the cleaning head is made up 0% Theswiveled rod i.0' rotates freely in t e secti0ns-4 and 7 thus partssimilar to the sec-'2 tions 4 already described, and the section 7 withslight alteratipn. The section 7 is provided with thetapering portion 16fitted into the socket 17 in the section 4 and at the outer end saidsection 7 is tapering for a 0 0th or swab which may be eased around orover the end of the head 20 which may be made up of separate rin s or ofsuit able flexible material like felt i so desired. The rod 21 may berigidly connected to the tapered portion 16- and the nut 22-appliedtothe end of the rod 21 is seated in a recess immediately adjacent thereduced end 2 of the handle 1.

rovided with a}. portion 18 provide with a slot 19 From the foregoing itwill be obvious that a gun cleaner made in accordancewith my inventionand provided with a series of detachable heads each permitted to revolvefreely upon the handle or rod 1 will thorgun whether it be rifle boreoughly clean a or smooth bore.

My; invention is of simple constructiogi can be manufactured at sli htcost and w be found very efficient an reliable for its pur ose. 4

aving thus described the invention, what is claimed as no\v,'is:

1. A gun cleaner comprising a rod or handle, a section secured to saidrod or handle and provided with a recess at its outer end, a sectionprovided with a reduced portion seated in said recess, and a rod ca 'nga head and mounted to rotate freely in andconnecting said sections.

2. A gun cleaner comprisin a rodor handle having a reduced threade end,a section Intestimonfy whereof I affix my signature 1n presence of twowitnesses.

ELMO W. 0. KAUFFMAN.

detaohably connected to said threaded portion, said section having aflaring goeket, a 'section provided with a tapering portion fitted insaid socket, a swiveled rod con- 4 5 nected to said section, and a headrovided Witnesses witlll) 1:1 slotted portion, substantial y as de- F G.DAVIS, sen e H. G. WooLF

